Marines Get 1st F-35 Fighter Jet that Can Operate on an Aircraft Carrier A California-based Marine Corps squadron has received its first F-35C Joint Strike Fighter jet.
Miramar Marine NCO Shot and Killed Days Before Son's 1st Birthday Sgt. Christopher Allen Truax Jr was killed in a shooting in Lemon Grove, California, just after midnight Friday morning.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2018-06/shootermiramar.jpg?itok=ZpXA1G0v "Col. Jason G. Woodworth chats with actors Omar Epps and Ryan Phillippe before a "Shooter" screening at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, CA on June 20, 2018. (Photo: Emily Pontanares/Courtesy Paramount Television)")
